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At COP27, Penn showcased its diverse climate expertise on the world stage
The American continent is seen on a revolving globe

Image: AP Photo/Peter Dejong

At COP27, Penn showcased its diverse climate expertise on the world stage

More than 30 representatives from the University traveled to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for two weeks of negotiations at this year’s United Nations climate change conference.

Marilyn Perkins, Michele W. Berger, Michele W. Berger

Hong Kong activist Nathan Law continues the fight
Activist Nathan Law poses in front of a painting in Perry World House

Hong Kong activist Nathan Law at Perry World House earlier this month.

Hong Kong activist Nathan Law continues the fight

The exiled activist and Perry World House Visiting Fellow discusses his current work and his thoughts on the state of democracy around the world.

Kristen de Groot

At PCI, new discoveries for societal benefit
John Swartley

Penn Center for Innovation’s Executive Director John Swartley

At PCI, new discoveries for societal benefit

John Swartley, managing director of the Penn Center for Innovation, talks about the Center’s success.

Dee Patel

The pandemic’s impact on individual generosity
Graphic illustration of essential worker delivering groceries to an older couple

The pandemic’s impact on individual generosity

How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect people’s volunteering, donating, and helping behaviors? A report by SP2 faculty and students summarizes a nationally representative study aiming to answer this question.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

Clinical research nurses make research happen
A masked nurse checks the heartbeat of a seated masked patient.

Clinical research nurses make research happen

Penn Medicine’s 1,200 clinical research professionals work together to advance the science of clinical care, provide access to innovative therapy, and improve clinical outcomes.

From Penn Medicine News

Stable, faster computer memory storage
Silicon wafer reflecting different colors

Stable, faster computer memory storage

Researchers in the School of Arts & Sciences offer a new explanation for how certain materials can be grown on silicon and offer stable information storage at the nanometer scale for smaller, faster, more multifunctional processors.
Who, What, Why: Sociologist Wendy Roth on genetic ancestry tests and race perception
Sociologist Wendy Roth Wendy Roth is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences and a research associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

Who, What, Why: Sociologist Wendy Roth on genetic ancestry tests and race perception

With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Roth plans to explore how people view others who change their racial identity based on results from at-home DNA kits.

Michele W. Berger